Dell™ PowerEdge™ Cluster FE400 Systems Platform Guide w w w. d e l l . c o m | s u p p o r t . d e l l .
Notes, Notices, and Cautions NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better use of your computer. NOTICE: A NOTICE indicates either potential damage to hardware or loss of data and tells you how to avoid the problem. CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates a potential for property damage, personal injury, or death. ____________________ Information in this document is subject to change without notice. © 2004 Dell Inc. All rights reserved.
This document provides information for installing and connecting peripheral hardware, storage, and storage area network (SAN) components for your Dell™ PowerEdge™ Cluster FE400 solution. The configuration information in this document is specific to the Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Advanced Server and Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition operating systems.
www.dell.com | support.dell.com Obtaining More Information See the Dell PowerEdge Cluster FE400 Installation and Troubleshooting Guide for a detailed list of related documentation. High-Availability Cluster Configurations This section provides information about the supported operating systems, HBAs, and HBA drivers for your cluster configuration. NOTICE: All cluster nodes in a Cluster FE400 solution must run the same operating system.
Table 1-2. Supported HBAs for Cluster FE400 Configurations PowerEdge System Emulex LP982 or LP9802 (PCI-X) HBA QLogic QLA2340 (PCI-X) HBA 1550 X X 1650 X X 1750 X X 1800 X X X 1850 X* X* X** 2500 X X 2550 Emulex LP1050-EX (PCIe Express [PCIe]) HBA X 2600/2650 X X 2800 X X X 2850 X* X* X** 4400 X X 4600 X X 6400/6450 X X 6600/6650 X X 8450 X X * The PowerEdge system must have a PCI-X riser installed in order to use this HBA.
www.dell.com | support.dell.
Table 1-3. PCI Slot Configurations for PowerEdge Cluster Nodes PowerEdge System Riser Board Option Slot Slot Type Slot Speed 1550 N/A 1-2 PCI 64 bit, 66 MHz 1650 Any 1 PCI 64 bit, 66 MHz or 32 bit, 33 MHz 1750 Any 2 PCI 64 bit, 66 MHz 1 PCI-X or PCI 64 bit, 133 MHz PCI-X or 64 bit, 33 MHz PCI 1800 1850 2 PCI-X 64 bit, 133 MHz 1 PCI 64 bit, 66 MHz 2 PCIe 2.5 GHz PCIe x4-lane width 3 PCIe 2.
www.dell.com | support.dell.com Table 1-3. PCI Slot Configurations for PowerEdge Cluster Nodes (continued) PowerEdge System Riser Board Option Slot Slot Type Slot Speed 1-2 PCI 64 bit, 66 MHz 3-5 PCI 64 bit, 33 MHz 6-7 PCI 32 bit, 33 MHz 2550 1-3 PCI 64 bit, 33 MHz 2600 1 PCI 32 bit, 33 MHz 2-5 PCI-X 64 bit, 100 MHz 6-7 PXI-X 64 bit, 133 MHz 1 PCI-X 64 bit, 100 MHz 2-3 PXI-X 64 bit, 133 MHz NOTE: Slot 1 must be empty for Slot 2 to attain an operating speed of 133 MHz.
Table 1-3.
www.dell.com | support.dell.com Table 1-4. PCI Slot Assignments for PowerEdge Cluster Nodes (continued) PowerEdge System Riser Board Option HBA PCI Slot Assignment 1650 Any Emulex LP982 Emulex LP9802 QLogic QLA2340 Install the HBAs in any available PCI slots. 1750 Any Emulex LP982 Emulex LP9802 QLogic QLA2340 Install the HBAs in any available PCI or PCI-X slots. 1800 N/A Emulex LP982 Emulex LP9802 QLogic QLA2340 Install the HBAs in PCI/PCI-X slots 1, 5, or 6.
Table 1-4. PCI Slot Assignments for PowerEdge Cluster Nodes (continued) PowerEdge System Riser Board Option HBA PCI Slot Assignment PCIe Emulex LP1050-EX Install the HBAs in PCIe slots 1 and 2. 4400 N/A Emulex LP982 Emulex LP9802 QLogic QLA2340 Install the HBAs in any available PCI slots. 4600 N/A Emulex LP982 Emulex LP9802 QLogic QLA2340 Install the HBAs in any available PCI or PCI-X slots. 6400 N/A Emulex LP982 Emulex LP9802 QLogic QLA2340 Install the HBAs in any available PCI slots.
www.dell.com | support.dell.com Table 1-5. Direct-Attached Clusters Rules and Guidelines Rule/Guideline Description Primary storage Each Windows 2000 Advanced Server and Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition cluster can support up to 22 unique drive letters for shared logical drives. Windows Server 2003 can support additional physical drives through mount points. Only one storage system can be directly attached to the cluster.
Attaching Your Cluster Shared Storage System to a SAN This section provides the rules and guidelines for attaching your PowerEdge cluster nodes to the shared storage systems through a Dell | EMC SAN using redundant Fibre Channel switch fabrics. Rules and Guidelines The rules and guidelines described in Table 1-6 apply to SAN-attached clusters. Table 1-6.
www.dell.com | support.dell.com Table 1-6. SAN-Attached Clusters Rules and Guidelines (continued) Rule/Guideline Description Windows 2000 Advanced Server service pack Windows 2000 Advanced Server configurations require Service Pack 4 or later. Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition service pack Windows Server 2003 configurations require KB818877 and the latest StorPort hotfix (KB838894 at the time of print); or Service Pack 1 if available. Dell | EMC CX600 core software 2.07.
HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Disk\TimeOutValue The disk TimeOutValue setting is the timeout value set by Windows for storage system I/O operations. The Dell | EMC Fibre Channel storage environment requires 60 seconds for I/O operations. When you run the Cluster Configuration wizard, the wizard sets the TimeOutValue setting to 20 seconds, which may not be sufficient for complex I/O operations. Consequently, storage system I/O operations may continually time out.
www.dell.com | support.dell.com • e In the Available Adapters box, select the second HBA in the list. f Repeat step c and step d. g Reboot the cluster node. h Repeat step a through step g on each additional node. The cluster disks are not initialized in Disk Management. On clusters running Windows Server 2003, Disk Management may display the cluster disks as not initialized. This issue may occur if the cluster disks are owned by other nodes in the same cluster.
